Radioactive Food

We are constantly advised that nuclear energy is safe and that the fallout from nuclear incidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima has been insignificant. This, I hope is true, but fears linger on. Some good nuclear news happened recently when restrictions on moving sheep in Cumbria and North Wales are finally removed.

Taxes, Tithes and Welfare

I do find the whole business of tax very taxing. Every year most of us who work in the United Kingdom usually work from the 1^st January to the 29^th May to pay their tax, and the remaining seven months and two days of the year they work for themselves. In the USA the equivalent date is 17^th April, but to get a fair comparison you might have to add the net costs of health insurance for US taxpayers. A tax freedom day that falls nearly halfway through the year might suggest that tax at such a burden is more akin to forced labour, than taxation.